Howdie Pong by LDJam user 297980

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made by LDJam user 297980 for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

A pong game where YOU are the paddle.

https://youtu.be/Wb0DiJKJyzk

Controls- -Use your hand to control the paddle on screen to avoid the ball hitting you.

Everyone has played the classic pong game in some point of his/her life. A game where you control a paddle and to avoid the ball hitting your area and reflecting it back to other side of the court. " Howdie Pong AR" is a 3D augumented reality game where you control the paddle using your hand by waving it in front of the camera.

The twist here is that every ten seconds you survive, another ball gets added into the game. To keep playing you will have to keep atleast one ball in the court. The more balls you handle, the higher the score you will get. Try to reflect as many balls as you can to get higher score.

Good Luck!!!!

P.S. The pong bat is controlled by WebCam. A webcam is must for running the game. Make sure that your webcam is on! :) Screenshot1.JPG Screenshot2.JPG

Ratings

Given 23🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

Sh4dUp
03. Oct 2022 · 21:29 UTC
It felt awesome moving my hands and controlling the the box. really Unique game
Keerti Shetty
03. Oct 2022 · 21:29 UTC
something new
very nice concept
BayLock
03. Oct 2022 · 21:36 UTC
The concept just blowed my mind. I never thought i will be playing Pong like this. Great Job.
Chakit
04. Oct 2022 · 05:51 UTC
Great Idea!! Would be great if you can achieve it for WebGL! May be I am being too demanding!! :up:
Nice to See some unique concepts which are taking gaming industry to next level. That too in a game jam.
Hats off!! Cheers!
Graphics could be better!
Aayush shah
04. Oct 2022 · 10:13 UTC
Great Game And Concept Also
Suzanne Hardison
06. Oct 2022 · 15:53 UTC
Really great idea and game! Loved it
Sublustris
06. Oct 2022 · 16:11 UTC
It could be a nice simulator of small tennis ))
🎤 LDJam user 297980
06. Oct 2022 · 16:44 UTC
@chakit Thanks for the valuable feedback. Will look into Porting this to WebGL!
🎤 LDJam user 297980
06. Oct 2022 · 16:44 UTC
@sublustris That is a great Idea!
fabula_rasa
06. Oct 2022 · 19:45 UTC
Very cool concept! Unique and creative.

It generally plays fine, although sometimes it didn't recognize well when I moved my hand far left. But that might just have been my positioning relative to the webcam.
DJTequila
07. Oct 2022 · 01:37 UTC
This is really creative! Feels really cool to control a game this way. Unfortunately my inputs didn't always register, it could have been my webcam setup though.
BenTheTwoOfUs
07. Oct 2022 · 03:06 UTC
I admired your idea and your execution ability to make them a reality.
Thanks to you, I pulled out my dusty 11-year-old webcam again.
Unfortunately, with my 8-year-old computer or my older webcam, the gesture recognition wasn't fast enough to play games normally.
morcado
07. Oct 2022 · 03:17 UTC
nice game, i think mmodels could look a little better to keep the track of where the balls are going to hit :)
Hora-Timer
09. Oct 2022 · 10:58 UTC
Wow! Incrível ideia inovadora
Barna
09. Oct 2022 · 19:55 UTC
Such an unique idea! Nice work! I can't help it but i'm thinking about that this mechanic would perfectly fit a jedi themed AR game :D
reinhpash
10. Oct 2022 · 09:00 UTC
I used my laptop camera for the first time in five years
🎤 LDJam user 297980
11. Oct 2022 · 10:29 UTC
@barna That might be my next project!
frigusterio
11. Oct 2022 · 16:01 UTC
I would've never expected a game like this. Very fun and amazing!
Heisenberg_0050
11. Oct 2022 · 18:24 UTC
Cool concept
fosf0
11. Oct 2022 · 20:01 UTC
Very fun and good concept! nice
royal_10
12. Oct 2022 · 16:52 UTC
Amazing Game I have Ever Played Till Now. Very Good Idea.
OminusGalaxy44
12. Oct 2022 · 17:22 UTC
I did not expect to see a game like this in the jam
very fun concept :)
LDJam user 259666
13. Oct 2022 · 12:35 UTC
That's a really good concept, GG!
PostFrog
15. Oct 2022 · 19:14 UTC
Cool idea! It didn't work the best for me, but that's probably because my webcam is terrible
LDJam user 237623
18. Oct 2022 · 00:11 UTC
I was really surprised how well that worked! I did struggle to hit the ball sometimes though. It was usually near the edge of the screen. I think it was hard for me to anticipate the ball position there because of the perspective. I saw you did add a light to the ball which should help with the depth perception. The paddle movement itself though was pretty solid which I'm sure was the hardest part of the development.
DAXPL
18. Oct 2022 · 19:57 UTC
Amazing!
ChillerTyp
20. Oct 2022 · 02:42 UTC
Nnnice! :sunglasses: